Multifunctional gravity body shaping sole and shoes

ABSTRACT

A multifunctional gravity body shaping sole, comprising a bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer, a sole body layer set on the bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer and a top connecting layer set on the sole body layer, characterized in that the sole body layer has a transversely-set hole which can be selectively filled with a weight, and the hole is a through-hole of which the openings are set in the side part of the sole body layer. Also provided are shoes comprising said soles.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a sole, more particularly to amultifunctional gravity body shaping sole and shoes which can make usersshape their bodies by adding weight of the sole or shoes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The diet gets richer and people get abundant nutrition as livingstandard soars, causing fatness problem and making the body out ofshape, which lead to the popularity of body shaping among people. Amongnumerous popular body shaping methods, people usually choose exercise toeffectively burn off redundant calories and to improve the effect ofbody shaping. One simple and effective method which can improve theeffect of exercise is attaching a weight to the leg or the ankle tocarry out weight-bearing exercise, but this weight-bearing exercise canonly be carried out in particular time and place in order not to affectnormal work and life. Besides, people wishes to exercise and shape theirbodies without drawing the attention of others, however, the weightattached to the leg or the ankle is easily to be found by people around,therefore this exercise manner is not aesthetic and is not good toprotect exercisers' privacy regarding body shaping.

On that account, it is necessary to provide a multifunctional gravitybody shaping sole and shoes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to overcome the defects in related art, the present inventionaims to provide an easy-to-use multifunctional gravity body shaping soleand shoes which will not draw people's attention and has attractiveappearance.

The present invention provides a multifunctional gravity body shapingsole, comprising a bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer, a sole bodylayer set on said bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer and a topconnecting layer set on said sole body layer, said sole body layer has atransversely-set hole which can be selectively filled with a weight, andan opening of said hole is set in the side part of said sole body layer.

The hole set in the sole body layer, which can be selectively filledwith a weight, can allow users to adjust the weight of the soleaccording to their demands, thus a more effective plan for body shapingcan be executed. Besides, “selectively filling” includes choosing tofill or not to fill the holes, choosing a filling depth, choosing thetypes and combination modes of weight to be filled, etc.

Preferably, said sole body layer has a plurality of said holes.

A plurality of holes can share the stress produced during exercise,which is good for prolonging the sole's service life. Besides, modes forfilling the holes increases with the increase of number of the holes,for example, some of the holes or all of the holes can be filled, theposition and number of holes to be filled can be freely chosen, whichfurther diversifies the modes to distribute and fill the holes, thususers can take planned body shaping exercise.

Preferably, said plurality of holes are arrayed in one layer orvertically arrayed in a plurality of layers.

Said plurality of holes can be distributed in many ways, when the holesare vertically arrayed in a plurality of layers, these holes can beuniformly arranged or arranged with certain regularity, in this way, theservice life of sole will be prolonged due to pressure share in the soleowing to the distribution of holes. Furthermore, it's easy for users tochoose which holes to be filled, which allows users to take planned bodyshaping exercise.

Preferably, said hole can be a through hole or a blind hole.

Through holes can increase available space to fill a weight, blind holescan make users decide which end of the hole to be opened according totheir needs, thus the weight gaining of the sole can be realized withoutdrawing the attention of others.

Preferably, said hole is round, triangular or pentacle-shaped incross-section.

Diversity of the hole shapes in cross-section not only brings aestheticvalue to the sole, but also makes a filler tightly clamped in the holesthereby preventing the filler from coming out of the holes.

Preferably, said plurality of holes are uniformly distributed in saidsole body layer.

Uniformly distributed holes are good for evenly sharing stress in sole,which prevents the holes from being out of shape under stress, improvesthe load-carrying ability of the sole body layer, and prolongs thesole's service life.

Preferably, said weight is a strip body, a granule body or a mixedflexible body which is integrated by mixing metal granules and flexiblematerials.

Diversity of the shape and material of weight brings diversity offilling modes, which facilitates user in choosing a weight according topersonal preference and makes users have more ways to shape theirbodies.

Preferably, said hole has a matched sleeve therein, and said weight issealed in said sleeve.

The weight sealed in the sleeve may have a diversity of shapes andmaterials, the weight can be strip bodies, granule bodies and mixedflexible bodies, or can be sand and beans commonly used in daily life,making the sole practical and easy to use.

Preferably, a luminous device used for lighting is sealed in saidsleeve, light emitted from said luminous device can pass through a coverof said sleeve to be transmitted to the outside of said sole, whereinsaid cover is made of transparent materials.

The sole gets more aesthetic when the sole is provided with a luminousdevice, in this way, the sole can not only be used in daily life but canalso used in a stage performance; as mentioned above, there are varioustypes of fillers, which further adds options for filling holes.

Preferably, the opening of said hole is provided with a plug, with theopenings being set in the side part of said sole body layer, said weightis sealed in a hermetic space formed by said plug and said sole.

The plug can prevent the weight coming out of holes, which is practicaland can prevent holes from being noticed by others.

The present invention provides a multifunctional gravity body shapingshoe, it comprises a vamp and a multifunctional gravity body shapingsole comprising a bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer, a sole bodylayer set on said bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer and a topconnecting layer set on said sole body layer, said vamp is connectedwith said top connecting layer, said sole body layer has atransversely-set hole which can be selectively filled with a weight, andthe openings of said hole are set in the side part of said sole bodylayer. The hole set in sole body layer, which can be selectively filledwith a weight, allows users to adjust the weight of the sole accordingto their demands, thus a more effective plan for body shaping can beexecuted.

Comparing with the prior art, the multifunctional gravity body shapingsole and shoes of the present invention have the following advantages.

By setting holes in the sole, users can choose to fill the holes withweights to add the weight of shoes, thus users may take weight-bearingexercise in daily walking without drawing the attention of others; orusers can choose not to fill holes, thus the sole becomes lightweight.Setting at least one hole in the sole and filling the hole with weightscan make users easily choose the filler with different weight accordingto their exercise needs. Moreover, holes with different shapes can bedesigned, a luminous device set in the hole is preferable, which bringsaesthetic effect to shoes, and users can adjust the shoes' weightaccording to their weight-bearing ability and needs due to the diversityof filler, thus targeted and well planned exercise can be taken.Exercise in daily life with this multifunctional gravity body shapingsole that adds the weight of shoes can increase training intensity whilewalking, increase heat consumption, improve blood circulation inperiphery of feet so as to reshape thighs, calves and feet.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a multifunctional gravity body shapingsole of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of holes indicated in FIG. 1, with theholes being uniformly arrayed in layers side by side;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of holes indicated in FIG. 1, with theholes being dislocatedly arrayed in layers;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of holes indicated in FIG. 1, with theholes being pentacle-shaped in cross-section;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of holes indicated in FIG. 1, with theholes being triangular in cross-section;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of holes indicated in FIG. 1, with theholes having different shapes;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of holes indicated in FIG. 1, with theholes having different sizes;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of holes indicated in FIG. 7, with theholes being irregularly distributed;

FIG. 9 is a section view of holes indicated in FIG. 1, with the holesbeing filled in a way in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a section view of holes indicated in FIG. 1, with the holesbeing filled in a way in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a section view of holes indicated in FIG. 1, with the holesbeing filled in a way in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a section view of holes indicated in FIG. 1, with the holesbeing filled in a way in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a section view of a sleeve in the hole indicated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a multifunctional gravity body shapingshoe of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATED EMBODIMENTS

Further description will now be described below in conjunction with thefigures.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a multifunctional gravity body shapingsole of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the multifunctionalgravity body shaping sole of the present invention comprises a bottomwear-resisting non-slip layer 1, a sole body layer 2 set on the bottomwear-resisting non-slip layer 1 and a top connecting layer 3 set on thesole body layer 2, the sole body layer 2 has a transversely-set hole 4which can be selectively filled with a weight 5, and the openings ofhole 4 are set in the side part of the sole body layer 2.

The above-mentioned “selectively filling” includes: choosing to fill theholes with weights or nothing; choosing a filling depth, choosing thetypes and combination modes of fillers, etc. The hole 4 set in the solebody layer 2 lightens the weight of sole when the hole 4 is filled withnothing, while the weight of shoes can be added when the hole 4 isfilled with a weight 5, thus users can carry out weight-bearing exercisein daily walking. Filling depth of the hole 4 can also be chosen, forexample, the hole 4 can be filled up to add the weight of the sole tothe largest extent, thereby burdening users and increasing the amount ofexercise; moreover, users can choose suitable filling depth according totheir needs during weight or muscle exercise, in this aspect, users maycontrol the added weight of the sole so as to do a well plannedtraining.

The hole 4 is set in the transverse direction, which is parallel to theplane of the sole and the axis of the hole can extend along the width orthe length of the sole. The sole will suffer from bending deformation inthe length direction of the sole as the heel being lifted while walking,in this situation, the axis of the hole 4 will extend along the widthdirection of the sole, in this way, the influence of the sole'sdeformation over the hole 4 will be reduced to the minimum, whicheffectively prolongs the service life of the sole. Moreover, the hole 4can be partially set in the length direction or obliquely horizontaldirection of the sole. Holes 4 can be set in a plurality of directionsin the heel part of sole due to the reason that the heel part usuallysuffer less from being bended, this kind of sole also achieves thepurpose of body shaping by adding the weight of the sole withoutreducing the quality of the sole.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, a plurality of holes 4 set inthe sole body layer can share the stress in the sole resulted from theweight of a human body, which prevents a single hole from being out ofshape, improves the load-carrying ability of the sole, and prolongs thesole's service life. Moreover, modes for filling the holes increaseswith the increase of number of the holes, for example, some of the holesor all of the holes can be filled, which depends on users' need. Whenentirely filling all of the holes, the weight of sole will be added tothe largest extent, which makes users take much more exercise; whilefilling some of the holes, users may consider the number and position ofholes to be filled according to their needs, thus users can control theburden of the sole and take planned body shaping exercise.

The holes 4 are arrayed in one layer or vertically arrayed in aplurality of layers, longitudinal direction refers to a directionperpendicular to the plane of the sole. That is to say a plurality ofholes 4 can be arrayed in one layer in the plane of the sole or bearrayed in a plurality of layers in the direction which is perpendicularto the plane of the sole. As shown in FIG. 2, the holes 4 are arrayed inlayers side by side in a sole, which makes the stress in the soleaveragely shared by each hole 4, thus the service life of the sole canbe prolonged. As shown in FIG. 3, more holes 4 are set in the heel partof sole, the reason for this setting of holes is as follows: the heelpart of sole suffers from more stress and thus it is not prone toblending, hence more holes 4 can be set in this heel part; however, theforefoot part of sole is prone to blending and breaking, hence less orno holes should be set in this forefoot part so as to prevent the solefrom breaking.

The hole 4 can be a through hole or a blind hole. The through hole istransversely penetrates through the sole body layer 2, while one end ofthe blind hole opens in the side part of the sole body layer 2, theother end is set in the interior of the sole body layer 2, that is tosay, the blind hole does not penetrate through the sole body layer 2.

When the hole 4 is a through hole penetrating through both inward andoutward side of the sole body layer 2, the weight of the sole can beadded to the largest extent, and the filler can be easily unloaded. Whenthe hole 4 is a blind hole, the opening can be designed in the inwardside or outward side of said sole body layer 2 according to users'needs, which can meet users' handedness so that it is easy to fill thehole 4 with a weight. Especially when the opening is set in the inwardside of said sole body layer 2, the sole cannot be easily noticed byothers while walking so that users can keep their plans for body shapingas a privacy.

Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4-6, the hole 4 can be round,triangular or pentacle-shaped in cross-section, besides, it can also besquare or rounded rectangular, etc. The holes 4 may have only one shapein cross-section, such as round, triangular, pentacle-shaped, square orrounded rectangular, they may also have combinations of differentshapes, which brings aesthetic appearance to shoes. Moreover, when thehole 4 is triangular, pentacle-shaped, square or rounded rectangular incross-section, the size of a circle connecting endpoints of thecross-section of the hole is the maximum radial size of the hole 4, theinner wall of the hole 4 protrudes towards the axial direction of hole 4relative to this maximum radial size, thus the weight 5 filled in thehole 4 will be tightly clamped by the inner wall of the hole 4, makingthe weight 5 effectively and firmly filled in the hole 4.

Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 7-8, the hole 4 may have a varietyof radial sizes, and holes with different sizes can be irregularlydistributed. As shown in FIG. 1, the holes 4 are uniformly distributedin the sole body layer 2, thus the stress can be averagely shared to theholes 4, which reduces the deformation of one single hole and prolongsthe service life of the sole.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, different parts of the sole will suffer frombending deformation in different degrees while walking, thus there mightbe a plurality of radial sizes of the hole 4 and arrayed ways. Theradial size can be adjusted according to the deformation degrees andpress frequency in the sole. Large-sized holes 4 can be set in the heelpart of sole due to the reason that the heel part usually suffer lessfrom being bended; while no hole or small-sized holes 4 can be set inthe forefoot part of sole which often suffers from bending deformationwhile walking. Unevenly distributing the hole 4 according to users'exercise habit after a force analysis on the sole is also acceptable,which make the distribution of holes more scientific, thereby improvingthe quality of the sole and prolonging the service life of the sole.

Preferably, the above-mentioned weight 5 can be a strip body, a granulebody or a mixed flexible body which is integrated by mixing metalgranules and flexible materials.

A strip body refers to an object with a bar shape, which can be a metalstrip body, a sand strip body, a flexible material strip body, a woodstrip body or other kinds of strip bodies that can perform a samefunction. The hole 4 can be selectively filled with one strip body ormore than one strip body. In a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the flexible material strip body is put into the hole 4followed by filling the hole 4 with the metal strip body, in this way,the moving of weight 5 in the hole 4 can thus be prevented due to asqueezing action towards the metal strip body given by the flexiblematerial strip body. A light strip body, which also might be served asthe weight 5, mainly plays a supporting role instead of a weight gainingrole, which prevents the hole 4 from deforming due to users' weight sothat the service life of the sole can be prolonged.

A granule body refers to an object with a granular shape, which can be ametal granule body, a flexible material granule body, a sand granulebody, or other kinds of granule bodies that can perform the samefunction. The hole 4 can be selectively filled with one kind of saidgranule body or more than one kind of said granule body, and thecombination mode of the granule body can be various, which allows usersto select suitable kinds of granule bodies, combine them or mix them ina specific proportion according to their needs, so that users' can takeeffective body shaping exercise by using the sole having a desiredweight. A light granule body, which also might be served as the weight5, mainly plays a supporting role instead of a weight gaining role,which prevents the hole 4 from deforming due to users' weight so thatthe service life of the sole can be prolonged.

A mixed flexible body refers to an integrated mixture of metal granulesand flexible materials, with the metal granules wrapped by the flexiblematerials. The mixed flexible body not only has a firm structure butalso guarantees the flexibility of the sole. The metal granules will notmove within the mixed flexible body during exercise, which makes usersof the sole feel comfortable during walking and makes the users enjoythe weight-bearing exercise. Users can fill the holes with one or moresaid mixed flexible bodies.

FIGS. 9-12 are section views of holes which are filled in four differentways. As shown in FIGS. 9-12, in a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, users can selectively fill the holes with a single weightselected from a group consisting of a strip body, a granule body and amixed flexible body. Optionally, user can selectively fill the holeswith a mixed weight selected from mixtures of a strip body, a granulebody and a mixed flexible body according to their needs. User may fillsome of the holes with the single weight and not fill other holes.Selectively, user may fill some of the holes with one kind of the singleweight and fill other holes with another kind of the single weight. As achoice, user may fill some of the holes with one kind of the singleweight and fill other holes with the mixed weight, or fill some of theholes with one kind of the mixed weight and fill other holes withanother kind of the mixed weight.

FIG. 13 is a section view of holes filled with sleeves, as shown in FIG.13, the hole 4 has a matched sleeve 6 therein, the weight 5 is sealed inthe sleeve 6, and the sleeve 6 is hermetically embedded in the hole 4.The sleeve 6 can not only be filled with the single weight or the mixedweight according to the above mentioned filling modes, but can also befilled with metal granules, sand, beans or mixtures thereof in anymixing ratio, these material are common in our daily life so as toimprove versatility and convenience of the sole.

Preferably, a luminous device used for lighting is sealed in the sleeve6, a cover at an end of the sleeve is made of transparent materials.Light emitted from the luminous device can pass through the cover and betransmitted to the outside of the sole. The cover can also be made ofsemitransparent materials.

When weight-bearing exercise is not needed, filling the hole 4 with theluminous device set in the sleeve 6 can make the sole become moreaesthetic, thus the sole can not only be used in daily life but can alsoused in a stage performance.

A variety of weights 5 can be filled in the hole 4, with furtherincreases the ways to fill the hole 4. Moreover, users can choose afilling depth, choose to fill the holes with a weight or nothing, chooseto fill the holes entirely or partially, and choose the number andposition of the holes to be filled. These filling ways are good forusers to add the weight of the sole according to their needs to takeplanned body shaping exercise.

The opening of the hole 4 is provided with a plug, with the openingsbeing set in the side part of the sole body layer 2, which is practicaland will not draw the attention of others. The weight 5 is sealed in ahermetic space formed by the plug and the sole 4, which prevents theweight 5 from coming out of holes.

As shown in FIG. 14, the present invention further provides amultifunctional gravity body shaping shoe, it comprises a vamp 7 and amultifunctional gravity body shaping sole. This multifunctional gravitybody shaping sole comprises a bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer 1, asole body layer 2 set on the bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer 1 anda top connecting layer 3 set on the sole body layer 2. The sole bodylayer 2 has a transversely-set hole 4 which can be selectively filledwith a weight 5, and an opening of the holes 4 are set in the side partof the sole body layer 2.

The hole set in the sole body layer, which can be selectively filledwith a weight, can make users adjust the weight of the sole according totheir needs, thus a more effective plan for body shaping can beexecuted.

All the above are the preferred embodiments of the present invention,and the invention is intended to cover various modifications andequivalent arrangements included within the scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A multifunctional gravity body shaping sole,comprising a bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer, a sole body layer seton said bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer and a top connecting layerset on said sole body layer, characterized in that said sole body layerhas a transversely-set hole which can be selectively filled with aweight, and said hole is a through-hole of which the openings are set inthe side part of said sole body layer.
 2. The multifunctional gravitybody shaping sole according to claim 1, characterized in that: said solebody layer has a plurality of said holes.
 3. The multifunctional gravitybody shaping sole according to claim 2, characterized in that: saidplurality of holes are arrayed in one layer or vertically arrayed in aplurality of layers.
 4. The multifunctional gravity body shaping soleaccording to claim 3, characterized in that: said hole is round,triangular or pentacle-shaped in cross-section.
 5. The multifunctionalgravity body shaping sole according to claim 2, characterized in that:said plurality of holes are uniformly distributed in said sole bodylayer.
 6. The multifunctional gravity body shaping sole according toclaim 1, characterized in that: said weight is a strip body, a granulebody or a mixed flexible body which is integrated by mixing metalgranules and flexible materials.
 7. The multifunctional gravity bodyshaping sole according to claim 1, characterized in that: said hole hasa matched sleeve therein, and said weight is sealed in said sleeve. 8.The multifunctional gravity body shaping sole according to claim 7,characterized in that: a luminous device used for lighting is sealed insaid sleeve, light emitted from said luminous device can pass through acover of said sleeve to be transmitted to the outside of said sole,wherein said cover is made of transparent materials.
 9. Themultifunctional gravity body shaping sole according to claim 1,characterized in that: the opening of said hole is provided with a plug,with the openings being set in the side part of said sole body layer,said weight is sealed in the hermetic space formed by said plug and saidsole.
 10. A multifunctional gravity body shaping shoe, characterized inthat: it comprises a vamp and a multifunctional gravity body shapingsole comprising a bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer, a sole bodylayer set on said bottom wear-resisting non-slip layer and a topconnecting layer set on said sole body layer, said vamp is connectedwith said top connecting layer, said sole body layer has atransversely-set hole which can be selectively filled with a weight, andsaid hole is a through-hole of which the openings are set in the sidepart of said sole body layer.